During the weekly press conference held on March 26th, 2024, Joe-Lahai Sormana, the Director General of Sierra Leone’s Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), shed light on the dire financial...
Sierra Leone's Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, dispelled rumors of an impending blackout in the capital city. He addressed concerns surrounding the Turkish Kapowership, a key contributor to Freetown's...
The Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay engaged the management of Karpowership to discuss ways of settling a forty million United States Dollars (US$40m) debt owed by the Sierra Leone government for...
The Turkish Karpowership will shut down its power generation operations tonight, leading to a significant power outage in Freetown. Reports indicate that the Turkish energy company Karpowership is set...
During the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) weekly press briefing, Minister Chernor Bah addressed concerns surrounding the potential shutdown of Karpowership due to payment disputes. He...
In a brewing energy crisis, Karpowership, the provider of 65MW of electricity to Sierra Leone's main grid, issued a 21-day written notice of disconnection to the government on November 17, 2023. According...
The Government of Sierra Leone is set to review the deal struck with Turkish energy company, Karadeniz Karpowership. The new agreement will follow amid massive blackout in the Sierra Leonean capital,...
The Commissioner General of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Ibrahim Brima Swaray has disclosed that government owes Turkish Karpowership over 45 million US Dollars for power supply for Freetown. Karpowership...
The Public Debt Management Division has said that Sierratel owes a whopping sum of over 48 million US Dollars. The loans are believed to be from Exim Bank in China and India. The money is said to have...
The government has acknowledged that there were large fiscal risks posed by Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority EDSA and that projected payments to Karpower under the new contract amount to US$70...
